How can I get dict from sqlite query

Question

db = sqlite.connect("test.sqlite")
res = db.execute("select * from table")

With iteration I get lists coresponding to the rows.

for row in res:
    print row

I can get name of the columns

col_name_list = [tuple[0] for tuple in res.description]

But is there some function or setting to get dictionaries instead of list?

{'col1': 'value', 'col2': 'value'}

or I have to do myself?

Answer 1

Hii,

Even using the sqlite3.Row class-- you still can't use string formatting in the form of:

print "%(id)i - %(name)s: %(value)s" % row

In order to get past this, I use a helper function that takes the row and converts to a dictionary. I only use this when the dictionary object is preferable to the Row object (e.g. for things like string formatting where the Row object doesn't natively support the dictionary API as well). But use the Row object all other times.

def dict_from_row(row):
    return dict(zip(row.keys(), row))